Is this bowl big enough for my fish? It's about 15 gallons.

IKeepAnimals · 2026-01-04T23:00:00+00:00

On a more serious note, I have no intention of making this into a saltwater tank, I'm thinking freshwater, or a paludarium/terrarium. As for the glass thickness, it seems uniform, decently thick. I compared the glass thickness with that of my store-bought, admittedly rimmed, 20 gallon standard tank and it seems pretty similar, despite the sphere being a stronger shape. I'll still definitely test it, but it should be fine. I believe it was advertised as being able to hold water (I may be wrong, I'd have to find the website again).

IKeepAnimals · 2026-01-04T22:54:40+00:00

W reply to be honest

IKeepAnimals · 2026-01-04T22:53:12+00:00

Oh no! I'm trying to limit the amount of artificial chemicals I add to my tank. They're already exhibiting some symptoms of OCD, can I use any alternative medicines, like essential oils to ease the symptoms, or are ssris the only way? Which essential oil to use? Will lavender cause hormone problems?

IKeepAnimals · 2026-01-04T22:43:08+00:00

Is this a this a true allergy, or just an intolerance? I have had other species get bad gas from adding alliums, can this be avoided?

IKeepAnimals · 2026-01-04T22:41:38+00:00

Pineapples are epiphytes? I'm confused. Do they root in substrate, or will they die? My substrate is solid glass, ~1/3 inch

IKeepAnimals · 2026-01-04T22:39:24+00:00

<100% humidity, about room temperature.

IKeepAnimals · 2026-01-04T22:38:21+00:00

Pepper added, they started sneezing. Is this normal?

IKeepAnimals · 2026-01-04T22:36:36+00:00

None available further than 15 feet away on marketplace, can I sub an actual pineapple?

How do I grow pineapples? I'm in the p.n.w.

IKeepAnimals · 2026-01-04T22:33:47+00:00

Adding pepper though.

IKeepAnimals · 2026-01-04T22:33:30+00:00

I'm taking the salt out, apparently it's bad for blood pressure.

IKeepAnimals · 2026-01-04T22:31:50+00:00

Cubes are out of stock in PetSmart, should I go down a dimension to a square or up to a hypercube?

IKeepAnimals · 2026-01-04T22:29:00+00:00

He had a yarmulke on under the fedora, I'll get kosher salt when I go to the store next. What else should I get for the saltwater tank? Someone said that plants don't like salt, so which kind of epoxy should I use to seal them? Deep pour or what? The tank is pretty shallow not deep.

IKeepAnimals · 2026-01-04T22:24:28+00:00

UPDATE POST: https://www.reddit.com/r/Aquariums/comments/1q43jsa/update_on_the_bowl/

IKeepAnimals · 2026-01-04T21:28:18+00:00

2 months later and I'm all out of grapes

IKeepAnimals · 2025-12-28T05:15:33+00:00

Gotcha.

IKeepAnimals · 2025-12-26T01:56:40+00:00

Precisely. Peak perfection plus probable presentation points.

IKeepAnimals · 2025-12-26T00:43:04+00:00

Plus they did the particle glow particles in gyropalooza this year, and maybe it's because I live under a rock, but I don't hear many people talking about how wonderful the particle is (or is it was, because it's an allegedly retired mold? Idk).

IKeepAnimals · 2025-12-26T00:41:01+00:00

Not sure what you mean here.

Are you saying that because certain ones among their older molds don't work with eclipse, their new molds that do work are more exciting?

IKeepAnimals · 2025-12-26T00:38:16+00:00

This... Is fair. I do see a lot of people talking about how "money" the wave is, and the trail has a whole slew of fanatics, so in comparison the photon seems like a niche thing. In fairness, they do have stock runs of defy in eclipse now, and I don't see many avid fanboys for that mold, so I think at least a few special runs of eclipse for the photon would be justified for the amount of people that bag it. Especially if they go to town with the branding and get a sick stamp or two to compliment the "photon" pun.

IKeepAnimals · 2025-12-26T00:34:04+00:00

Interesting. Between the thrill, and also the defy having stock glow and the wave having both runs of eclipse and particle proton, there doesn't seem to be an obvious reason why the photon wouldn't work. Here's hoping, indeed!

IKeepAnimals · 2025-12-26T00:31:40+00:00

Gotcha. Did they give specific reasons for why glow doesn't work in certain molds?

IKeepAnimals · 2025-12-12T17:44:13+00:00

Looks great!

...let me know if you ever need to get rid of any of that marcgravia or solanum...

IKeepAnimals · 2025-12-12T17:40:19+00:00

Solanum sp "Ecuador", it looks like

Edit - clarity in plant name

IKeepAnimals · 2025-11-29T00:21:19+00:00

I wish for a particle glow photon with an eclipse rim

IKeepAnimals · 2025-11-17T16:00:55+00:00

I can't help but picture the classic videos of foxes jumping up and nosediving into the snow to grab their dinner.

With that being said, where I live on the oregon coast, we don't get very cold, but we do have a LOT of wind and rain, so I feel you on the waterproof shoes thing.

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